Whats good for chickenpox itching?
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Oatmeal baths. I'm not kidding. Aveeno makes a commercial product...I would recommend that rather than using the eating type of oats. It relieves the itching.
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creme
antihistaminic ,say cetrizine tab. one daily
nothing
bath in mild bath water with few tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda
or calomine lotion applied to spots
Calomine lotion is a good cream to apply to the itchy bits
Or a pine-tar bath is good to soak in
Some anti-itching tablets would be antihistamines, something like promethazine (phenergan)
aveeno colloidal oatmeal bath powder
pour some oatmeal into the bath and soak in it.
benadryl
Its already been said, Calamine lotion.
Chamomile lotion works. You can also take an oatmeal bath. Whatever you do do not itch. You can actually get some pretty bad scars doing that.
Take a tepid bath with a cup of baking soda mixed in. Soak in it for about 5 min.. Make a paste of baking soda & water & cover the itchiest ones with this.
To reduce itching:
I recommend Calamine lotion....or baking soda or either oatmeal bath.
Any one of the above measures will work, but you need to remember that you can transfer the virus on your hands to someone else. You need to keep you hands clean. Also, you can transfer it later in life when you get a cold sore, which is the Chickenpox virus also known as Herpes 1 Simplex. You can transfer it others, as well as to your own genitals. The virus continues to live in the nerve in the back of your head and comes out at times of stress or low immunity. Getting a complete night's sleep, no matter how old you are, will help keep it suppressed, at least 10 hours until around age 18, and 8 hours as an adult.
Calamine lotion locally , and antihistamine tablets orally.
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